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NEW BERN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Honoring the Union Dead
On March 14, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E.
Burnside captured New Bern after seizing
Roanoke Island in February and moving his
army inland. After the battle for the town, the
Federals established hospitals in the New Bern
Academy, the Masonic lodge, and other struc-tures,
all later known as Foster General Hospital.
After the war, the remains of Union dead buried
in New Bern and the surrounding area, including
Beaufort, Hatteras, and locations along the coast,
were reinterred here. Confederate soldiers who
died in the Battle of New Bern were buried in
Cedar Grove Cemetery, southeast of here.
New Bern National Cemetery was estab-lished
on February 1, 1867. More than 1,000
unknown soldiers are buried in a separate section.
Another section contains the graves of more than
forty U.S. Colored Troops.
New Bern National Ceme-tery
was listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1997.
The cemetery
contains several notable
monuments. The granite
9th New Jersey Infantry
Monument was erected
by that state in 1905.
Union and Confederate veterans, as well as the
governors of both states, attended the elaborate
dedication ceremony. Massachusetts erected a
granite memorial in 1908 in memory of its
soldiers and sailors who died in North Carolina
during the war. Also in 1908, the Connecticut
Monument was constructed to commemorate the
Connecticut men who died of yellow fever as well
as combat casualties. The Rhode Island Monu-ment
consists of a granite base topped by a
bronze figure, donated by that state and dedicat-ed
on October 6, 1909.
Major funding for this project was provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, through the Transportation Enhancement Program of the Federal Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century.
Three drummer boys in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry posed with their
drums sometime during the Civil War. Most of the young men like these—
both Northern and Southern—who fell in battle were interred in shallow,
hastily dug graves with no identification, and in many cases their families
never knew exactly what happened to them or where they were buried.
After the war, the remains of thousands of Union soldiers were reburied
in national cemeteries, often in graves marked simply “Unknown.”
Courtesy Library of Congress
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Courtesy Library of Congress

NEW BERN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Honoring the Union Dead
On March 14, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E.
Burnside captured New Bern after seizing
Roanoke Island in February and moving his
army inland. After the battle for the town, the
Federals established hospitals in the New Bern
Academy, the Masonic lodge, and other struc-tures,
all later known as Foster General Hospital.
After the war, the remains of Union dead buried
in New Bern and the surrounding area, including
Beaufort, Hatteras, and locations along the coast,
were reinterred here. Confederate soldiers who
died in the Battle of New Bern were buried in
Cedar Grove Cemetery, southeast of here.
New Bern National Cemetery was estab-lished
on February 1, 1867. More than 1,000
unknown soldiers are buried in a separate section.
Another section contains the graves of more than
forty U.S. Colored Troops.
New Bern National Ceme-tery
was listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1997.
The cemetery
contains several notable
monuments. The granite
9th New Jersey Infantry
Monument was erected
by that state in 1905.
Union and Confederate veterans, as well as the
governors of both states, attended the elaborate
dedication ceremony. Massachusetts erected a
granite memorial in 1908 in memory of its
soldiers and sailors who died in North Carolina
during the war. Also in 1908, the Connecticut
Monument was constructed to commemorate the
Connecticut men who died of yellow fever as well
as combat casualties. The Rhode Island Monu-ment
consists of a granite base topped by a
bronze figure, donated by that state and dedicat-ed
on October 6, 1909.
Major funding for this project was provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, through the Transportation Enhancement Program of the Federal Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century.
Three drummer boys in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry posed with their
drums sometime during the Civil War. Most of the young men like these—
both Northern and Southern—who fell in battle were interred in shallow,
hastily dug graves with no identification, and in many cases their families
never knew exactly what happened to them or where they were buried.
After the war, the remains of thousands of Union soldiers were reburied
in national cemeteries, often in graves marked simply “Unknown.”
Courtesy Library of Congress
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Courtesy Library of Congress

NEW BERN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Honoring the Union Dead
On March 14, 1862, Union Gen. Ambrose E.
Burnside captured New Bern after seizing
Roanoke Island in February and moving his
army inland. After the battle for the town, the
Federals established hospitals in the New Bern
Academy, the Masonic lodge, and other struc-tures,
all later known as Foster General Hospital.
After the war, the remains of Union dead buried
in New Bern and the surrounding area, including
Beaufort, Hatteras, and locations along the coast,
were reinterred here. Confederate soldiers who
died in the Battle of New Bern were buried in
Cedar Grove Cemetery, southeast of here.
New Bern National Cemetery was estab-lished
on February 1, 1867. More than 1,000
unknown soldiers are buried in a separate section.
Another section contains the graves of more than
forty U.S. Colored Troops.
New Bern National Ceme-tery
was listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places in 1997.
The cemetery
contains several notable
monuments. The granite
9th New Jersey Infantry
Monument was erected
by that state in 1905.
Union and Confederate veterans, as well as the
governors of both states, attended the elaborate
dedication ceremony. Massachusetts erected a
granite memorial in 1908 in memory of its
soldiers and sailors who died in North Carolina
during the war. Also in 1908, the Connecticut
Monument was constructed to commemorate the
Connecticut men who died of yellow fever as well
as combat casualties. The Rhode Island Monu-ment
consists of a granite base topped by a
bronze figure, donated by that state and dedicat-ed
on October 6, 1909.
Major funding for this project was provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, through the Transportation Enhancement Program of the Federal Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century.
Three drummer boys in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry posed with their
drums sometime during the Civil War. Most of the young men like these—
both Northern and Southern—who fell in battle were interred in shallow,
hastily dug graves with no identification, and in many cases their families
never knew exactly what happened to them or where they were buried.
After the war, the remains of thousands of Union soldiers were reburied
in national cemeteries, often in graves marked simply “Unknown.”
Courtesy Library of Congress
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Courtesy Library of Congress